Chapter 1: Introduction

"Hey! Can I ask you a question?"...*silence*...

*reluctant* "U-Uh, yeah! Sure, What is it?"...

"Are you happy?"...*grasp!*...

Grace field house, an orphanage with a big house in the center and surrounded by forest with a gated entrance inhabited by orphans happily living together as one big family. Everyone lived there with felicity and a snigger. Although they're required to take tests daily, the children are free to spend their time as they see fit. Usually playing outside and help with the chores as long as they don't break the rules that expected from them to follow no matter what. Like getting near the gate and the fence in the back of the forest.

The orphans there were promised that they'll have a family outside the orphanage, but little do they know.....

Mon. Jan. 16, 2040

One morning I just realized something eminent. I just found out that WE ARE LIVESTOCK?! Ironic right? Imagine living your life with happiness and laughter that it blindly you the truth behind everything.

Well? Isn't that exhilarating?! Don't get me wrong here. I love thrills and exciting things so even though after finding out that I'm a food for them. It just gives me this weird feeling that drives me to mess with their emotions and misleads them.

*Rattle*...*whack!* *Thump!* "What is that?"...

"I don't know either. Maybe it's another book of Minerva or something?"...

Wed. Feb. 8, 2040

Kyne's the name and I lived with my foster siblings here at the Grace field house under the parental care of Isabella also known as our "Mama". She takes care of us and teach us as we grow older. Everyone loves her but I'm not like them, foolishly following and been playing into her hands like a toy. Don't get me wrong here though maybe? At some point I do like her, but not generally. I'm the exact opposite of Emma and have the same introverted nature as Ray but not as weak physique as Norman.

Fri. Mar. 2, 2040

By the way, Mama is...she's scary and intimidating though you can't see it in first impression because she puts this innocent smile on her face. You can tell how trained and mannered she becomes so nobody noticed it aside from me. I could tell because I have this strange foreboding. I can't explain how or when it happens, but I can assure you that it always accurate no matter what. That's the reason why I'm always hiding because she gives this "I know what you're thinking" type of aura.

Sun. Mar. 25, 2040

At 6, both me and Ray is certainly equivocal about the house, about Mama and about our existence. We already noticed strange things like at first why we had numbers on the side of our neck? Second, why we’re forbidden to get near the gate and the fence in the back of the forest? Lastly the one that’s bothering me the most is that Mama told us that the gate is protecting us, but from whom or from what? Wondering how I figure out that Ray also knew the truth? Well, that's easy. I thought I was the only one who have suspicions, but I'm wronged. I was hiding in my room and I saw that Ray and Mama was meeting secretly so I got curious and eavesdrop them. I was astonished that Ray is spying for Mama and betrayed the others.

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